Mark Kac Seminar

January 26, 2007

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The seminar takes place in Utrecht, Kromme Nieuwegracht 80, room 132.

11:15-13:00 speaker: Thierry Bodineau (Paris 7) title: Phase coexistence for lattice models (1)
abstract: available as pdf-file
14:15-16:00 speaker: Christof Külske (Groningen) title: Localization vs. Delocalization for continuous interfaces in disorder:
Results and open questions


abstract:

We consider continuous effective interface models on the d-dimensional cubic lattice. In recent years the localization vs. delocalization of interfaces without disorder has been studied on three levels:

1) Gibbs-measures

2) gradient Gibbs measures (describing the increments of the interface variables)

3) Gibbs-measures in the presence of a pinning potential acting on all sites

In this talk we describe recent results and present open questions concerning the influence of a random environment.

(Joint with Enza Orlandi and Aernout van Enter)
 

 
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